Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2007 17:52 schrieb Pedro Zorzenon Neto: > Hi Gabor, > > Your answer solved the problem. "ip link list" showed the second NIC > as "eth7", and I could configure and use it correctly. > > So, it was not an amd64 porting issue, sorry for posting to the wrong > list. > > Thanks, > Pedro > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:26:34PM +0100, Gabor Gombas wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 08:50:06AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > > > if fails with the following message: > > > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > > > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > > SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device > > > > Probably udev renamed the interfaces trying to maintain persistent > > interface names. Run "ifconfig -a" or "ip link list" to see the existing > > interface names. > > > > > The only situation that "ifconfig" sets up correctly is with one > > > 3com905 NIC plugged into PCI slot, when there are two nics, none work. > > > > So probably udev gave the name "eth0" to that particular 3com905 NIC, > > and the others are named eth1, eth2 and so on. The upside is when you > > install the same card the second time it will get the same name as > > before. > > > > Gabor > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute > > Hungarian Academy of Sciences > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > .''`. Pedro Zorzenon Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : :' : Debian GNU/Linux | GNU/Hurd: <http://www.debian.org> > > `. `'` Debian BR: <http://debian-br.alioth.debian.org> > `- Be Happy! Be FREE!
Hi ! You can force the eth-number in /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules Just edit the device acording to the MAC-address to your needs. This will never change at reboot. Have fun ! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
